The Americans with Disabilities Act : questions and answers by United States(
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2008
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Barriers to employment, transportation, public accommodations, public services, and telecommunications have imposed staggering
economic and social costs on American society and have undermined our well-intentioned efforts to educate, rehabilitate, and
employ individuals with disabilities. By breaking down these barriers, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) will enable
society to benefit from the skills and talents of individuals with disabilities, will allow us all to gain from their increased
purchasing power and ability to use it, and will lead to fuller, more productive lives for all Americans. - Introduction

The Ferguson report : Department of Justice investigation of the Ferguson Police Department by United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division(
)2
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in
2015
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On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown, an unarmed African American high school senior, was shot by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson,
Missouri. For months afterward, protesters took to the streets demanding justice, testifying to the racist and exploitative
police department and court system, and connecting the shooting of Brown with the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, and
other young black men at the hands of police across the country. n the wake of these protests, the Department of Justice launched
a six-month investigation, resulting in a report that Colorlines characterizes as "so caustic it reads like an Onion article"
and laying bare what the Huffington Post calls "a totalizing police regime beyond any of Kafka's ghastliest nightmares." Among
the report's findings are that the Ferguson Police Department "Engages in a Pattern of Unconstitutional Stops and Arrests
in Violation of the Fourth Amendment," "Detain[s] People Without Reasonable Suspicion and Arrest[s] People Without Probable
Cause," "Engages in a Pattern of First Amendment Violations," "Engages in a Pattern of Excessive Force," and "Erode[s] Community
Trust, Especially Among Ferguson's African-American Residents."